Improvement in gates



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`Improvemem in Gates..

Patented March 12,1872.

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JOHN C. LONG, OF EATGN, INDIANA.

IMPROVEMENT IN GATES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 124,600, dated March1'2, 1872.

SPECIFICATION. i

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known th at I, JOHN C. LONG, of Eaton, in the county of Delawareand State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improve mentsin Gates; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear,and exact description thereof, reference being had to the aecompanyingdrawing and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form apart of this speciiication.

The nature of my invention consists in the construction and arrangementot' a gate77 to open both ways, as will be hereinafter more fully setforth.

In order to enable others skilled in the art to which my inventionappertains to make and use the same, I will now proceed to describe itsconstruction and operation, referring to the annexed drawing, in which-Figure l is a front elevation of my gate.

A and B represent the gate-posts at the inner and outer ends of thegate, respectively. The post A is set diagonally with the line of thegate, and the gate hung at a corner ot' said post so that it can swingboth ways. The post B, on the contrary, is set square with the gate. Thegate C is made in any of the known and usual ways, and provided near theouter end, on each side, with a spring-lever, D, to which a bar orlatch, E, is pivoted, the two latches being placed, one on top of theother, between two ofthe horizontal bars of the gate, and pass through amortise in the outer upright bar of the same. In the side of the post Bfacing the end of the gate are made two stops, b b, meeting in thecenter, one above the other, and inclinin g toward opposite sides ot'the post.

This gate thus adjusts both ways, and is both useful and convenient inriding up to it on horseback, or otherwise. It is cheap in construction.The latches being made of wood, are not liable to become broken by thefrost.

Above the latches E E in the end of the gate is a small -wheel orroller, a, which moves into a recess in the post B, and serves for thegate to rest upon to keep the post from sagging.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The combination ofthe posts A B, gate C, spring-levers D D, latches E E,and inclined stops b b, all constructed and arranged substantially asand for the purposes herein set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I affix my signaturein presence of two witnesses.

JOHN C. LONG. Witnesses:

WILLIAM H. YoUN'rs, ROBERT BRANDT.

